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If a school district decides you are not needed in the middle of a school year, does the district have a right to terminate employment despite the existence of contract? Why or why not?
What if you take a better job in the middle of the year? Can you breach the contract?

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Please allow my ideas/experiences to serve as a model within this very controversial topic area:

Please note this I do not believe there is a right/wrong answer since I have seen many breaches of contract during my years as an educator.

However, if a school district decides you are not needed in the middle of a school year, I have been in districts ...

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